What is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences so afraid of? Besides the larger concerns like “female directors” and “actors who aren’t white”, the simplest answer is horror, the most oft-ignored genre in the Oscars’ 92-year history.
Sure, there’s been exceptions, like The Silence of the Lamb’s 1992 Best Picture win, The Exorcist‘s massive 10-nomination night in 1974, or even as recently as Jordan Peele’s Original Screenplay snag for Get Out in 2018.
But horror performances have historically been ignored on Hollywood’s biggest night.
No matter how much pathos, …
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